dovecot migration

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Tue, 27 Jan 2015, mkawada at redhat.com wrote:

> To migrate a dovecot server from dovecot-1.x to dovecot-2.x, then I
> wonder if the UIDL format "pop3_uidl_format" setting is required in the
> configuration file for clients not to re-download the same mails from
> the migrated mail server. Currently, no UIDL format is set in
> /etc/dovecot file of the one using dovecot-1.x server which means it is
> commented out as default like below.
>
> ]# grep pop3_uidl_format /etc/dovecot.conf
>
> #pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv <----
>
> Does this mean the "pop3_uidl_format" is in use as "%08Xu%08Xv" by
> default? I see the same in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-imap.conf of the one
> using dovecot-2.x, and have not been able to find any information saying
> it's the defualt setting.
>
> Here are the questions:
>
> 1.Can we say the "pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv" is the enabled default
> setting? Or any ways to check the default?

It is the default, you can verify it by

doveconf -a

(Note the -a, not -n)

> 2.Do they need to specify anything for the "pop3_uidl_format =" field
> for their migration in this case?

No, usually not.

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Steffen Kaiser
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